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The Divisive Politics of Slavery
Unit 1- Slavery and the Nation Divided
Differences Between the North and the SouthNorth South
Differences Between the North and the SouthNorth South
UrbanIndustrial RailroadsFactories Many ImmigrantsNo Slavery
Differences Between the North and the SouthNorth South
UrbanIndustrial RailroadsFactories Many ImmigrantsNo Slavery
RuralAgricultural based“King Cotton”Little industryFew Railroads Few Immigrants Slavery- Southerners feared the loss of slavery would mean loss of culture
I. SLAVERY IN THE TERRITORIESThe issue of whether
slavery in California and the West would be legal led to heated debates in Congress
Gold rush led to application for statehood for California (1849)
CALIFORNIA BECAME A STATE
IN 1850
II. COMPROMISE OF 1850Southerners
threatened secession, the formal withdraw from the Union, over the issue
Henry Clay worked a Compromise
For the North: California would be admitted as free state, sale of slaves banned in Washington D.C.
CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE
For the South: A more effective fugitive slave law
Residents of New Mexico & Utah would vote themselves-”popular sovereignty”
III. FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW (ACT)Runaway slaves were not
entitled to a trial by juryAnyone helping a slave
escape was jailed for 6 months and fined $1,000
Northerners were upset and often helped hide fugitive slaves; some states passed personal liberty laws that guaranteed slaves a fair trial
IV. UNDERGROUND RAILROADNetwork of white
and African-American abolitionists that risked their safety to help slaves escape
“Conductors” hid fugitives and directed them to the next “station”
V. Harriet TubmanFamous “Conductor”
that escaped slavery and vowed to help others do the same
She made 19 trips back to South and freed over 300 slaves (Including her own parents)